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The Logic of a Multi-Broker Open

Making it Easy for Buyers (& Listing Agents, Too) Listing agents who are ostensibly competing against one another occasionally hold a multi-broker Open house for the same reason car dealers cluster in the same part(s) of town:  it increases traffic for everyone. That’s especially true for nearby homes that are similar in features and price point, increasing...
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Realtor Conventional Wisdom on Holding Open Houses in Bad Weather

Biggest Sunday of the Season for Open Houses?  This Year Better Make That, “May 4” In a typical Minnesota Spring housing market, the biggest Sunday of the year for open houses is usually the Sunday after Easter. That’s because there’s a predictable bounce-back after a two-week lull during the peak of the season. And then there’s...
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How to Pick an Open House Time

The way I usually pick a Sunday open house time is by consulting with my Seller, to see if they have a preference. Next, in the football-crazy Midwest this time of year, I’ll check the Vikings schedule to make sure I’m not going head-to-head with them — especially a home game. Exceptions to the above:  1) when I need to...
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1st Open Fanfare

For Realtors, Too Which would you rather attend — a play’s opening night, or performance #94 three months later? The same is true for prospective Buyers, scanning for Sunday open houses to check out. It’s also true for Realtors — specifically, newer agents looking to host open houses (and pick up unrepresented Buyers). For those folks, it’s all about...
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Robert Shiller’s Cloudy Crystal Ball on Housing

“Zillow-Pulsenomics What?!?” I’ve certainly taken my share of potshots on these pages at housing predictions by so-called industry experts.  See, “Housing Market Predictions 2013;” “Barrons:  ‘Home Prices Headed Up 7%“; “Predicting Home Prices in . . . 2022?!?”   So, who do I find more credible? Try Robert Shiller, professor of economics and finance at Yale...
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Busy Open Houses

March February Madness 24.  31.  17.  28. Football snap count? Try, attendance at open houses hosted by myself and colleagues the last few weekends. By way of comparison, a dozen people at an open house is considered to be a good turnout, and I’ve certainly had my share where I felt like the Maytag repairman. Does...
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